Chapter 685 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 77 – The Cube

While the Sarcophagus of Rebirth was in the center of the cube-space in of the pocket universe This neat and regular collection of cubes was not natural and had been artificially created

Wolfblade took theh the dih a veil of pure white which again reminded him of when he teleported to other worlds He entered into a relatively separate subspace and hung weightless within it

This area was different fro before Cloudhaere all exactly the sa the space look clean and neat and spotless Each one was lihly five hundred th Hundreds, maybe thousands of these pockets continued

Then a shi+ft

Nothing Darkness Not even air – a total vacuuht in the center of an endless, e that existed other than theht Around it reality swirled in a slowly alaxy Even theoff of it

“This is the heart of this pocket dioes with you”

Cloudhawk didn't need Wolfblade's explanation, he could feel it The power this heart released was suffused through the wholeit stable It's what kept this place in existence for over a thousand years

Cloudhawk reached out with his mind to communicate with the demon “Why didn't you show this to me before?”

“I wanted to,” Wolfblade remarked, “but do you think one can simply pick up this item and walk aith it? Even with the power you wield it will take effort The vortex around the Cube is warped spatial power Without sufficient ability to control space, you wouldn't even be able to get close Try for yourself”

Cloudhawk floated over to the vortex Immediately he sensed the unstable, chaotic flows of space swirling around hi physical As Wolfblade had said, it was the power of the Cube warping space around itself The highly cos couldthat tried to h the space would be torn apart

Cloudhawk knew the only way to deal with spatial disturbances like this ith dimensional power He phased into incorporeal space and approached So far, so good…

But the instant he reached the border of the vortex, he felt siral to the existence of this reality, and as such it was constantly releasing spatial energy In essence, it was in a constant state of expansion Cloudhawk had to cover a far greater distance than he'd thought

Even with his current powers, these floere difficult for him to control He felt the to overwhelm his phase state It required total focus tohe'd be able to hold it

A year ago a struggle like this would have spelled his end He grit his teeth, focused his powers and pressed on Like a ainst the wind, bit by bit he inched closer to the core The closer he caht hi away It was too dangerous, there was no logic in risking it But no – he fought passed the uncertainty Perhaps it wasn't as iht

No one knew this place better than Wolfblade No one knew Cloudhawk better, either If the deht him here, it was only after careful consideration Wolfblade was not the sort to waste time, and he only acted when he was certain of success

The pocket universe contained a wealth of knowledge, tools and clues It had the potential to help the Green Alliance tremendously With that in mind Cloudhawk pushed himself harder Flaed Heedless of the risks he forged ahead Resistance gave way He wrapped his fingers around the heart of this universe

A smile touched Wolfblade's lips “Old friend, I really did find you a worthy successor”

A wave of exhaustion came over Cloudhawk The cube was possessed of an intense vacuum force, like a black hole It ravenously drank up his ies until it sees changed The core of this diy

He watched as the universe collapsed into rapid constriction All of the vast space they'dall of that energy